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CVE-2024-2829
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
High7.5EPSS 26.0%
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- Updated
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- GitLab
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 before 16.9.6, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.4, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.1. A crafted wildcard filter in FileFinder may lead to a denial of service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 26.0% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
GitLab · GitLab
- affected 12.5 – < 16.9.6
- affected 16.10 – < 16.10.4
- affected 16.11 – < 16.11.1
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 16.9.6, 16.10.4, 16.11.1 or above.
References (2)
- GitLab Issue #451456 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpermissions-requiredx_transferred
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2416728 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .